Show Feminine nine Political Strength Increased by National Ca Campaign By SUE By-SUE SUE W WASHINGTON AP AP Women Women of the cou country made made- the year 1928 memorable for the part they took tool In politics s. s Tho f feminine political l strength which which- has been ac ac accumulating um lating since women got the vote eight years ago had a chance to make itself felt because of or the presidential clef elef tin And the women left no stone un un- turned They were on the lecture platform on the air and at home In political l headquarters of both Parties parties par IJar- ties where special rooms were prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared f for r th them m. m Not only various Women's organizations working zealously for one or or the other othel presidential candidate but big TIg Jg organizations lIk like the General Gener l Federation of Women's Women's Wom Worn ens en's Clubs Clubs and and the League of Women Worn Wom en Voters concentrated on on getting women to the polls regardless of what party they they- favored favoreL The They r played a prominent part in getting out a a re record o d br breaking number of voters ESSAY ESSA V. V CONTEST EST The federation has campaigned for years for a larger and more In Intelligent intelligent In- In v vote te The past year through Its department of American Amer American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean citizenship it conducted d a 1000 essay essay contest in grade and high schools on Why I should vot vote Virtually every state in the Union participated The League of or Wom Women n Voters reached persons through Its weekly radio Voters Service which began broadcasting ten months before election Support women of 01 the country gave gaye the Kellogg multilateral peace treaty was outstanding during the year Since the Since the promulgation of the treaty th the general federation of club women through Its department of international relations has been working for the treaty's ratification by the United States senate Thousands Thou Thou- sands of petitions signed b by hundreds hundreds hun hun- of thousands of names have been circulated by the member member mem mem- ber bel clubs and placed In the hands of the nations nation's lawmakers I INVESTIGATION MADE Another step forward by women In 1928 InS wa was the creation of the in in- in American ter-American commission of women women wom worn en en at the sixth Pan-American Pan conference conference conference con con- ference in Havana last spring to Investigate the legal status status status' of women In all an countries of North and South South America America with a view to es est establishing es- es t uniform laws Miss Doris Stevens was appointed chairman The creation of 01 the commission came about through a suggestion by the National Womans Woman's party The latter organizations interjected equal rights for women as an Issue in the campaign The members members mem mern- bers put on an active campaign for Herbert Hoover concentrating their efforts efforts tn In New York City On November 6 C three women I were elected to the house bouse of rep rep- j They were Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick daughter of th the tha late Mark Hanna and widow of or the the- late Senator Medill Medili McCormick o of Illinois Mrs Ruth nuth Bryan Owen daughter of William Jennings Jennings-Bry- ir an on and Mrs Irs Ruth nuth Baker Pratt the f first woman to be sent to congress from New York A 4 t AID RED CROSS I S t K I Women were anything but idle the past year jear ear too along i I- I lan tm-lan lines Women volunteers of h the American Red Cross have con- con eluded a record breaking year ear for r 1 peace time work They made garments more than surgical dressings dressings' for emergencies Christmas bags for United States soldiers and sailors In foreign for fort eign service and books of Braille for the blind At the first Pan-Pacific Pan women's conference e held in Honolulu a a. a movement was started to Investigate invest invest- 4 A gate conditions under which worn worn- 0 en are working In the Haw Hawaiian T Islands Miss Mary Anderson director dl- dl 4 rector of the Ule women's bureau of the he department of labor was one of the principal speaker speakers The cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation of working women In the United States Japan China Hawaiian Hawaiian Ha Ha- Islands and other Pacific countries Is expected to SlOW grow out out- of this conference V to HELP CHILDREN The outstanding achievement of 7 the year ear so far as the childrens children's v bureau is concerned concerned is In the field of infant and nd maternal hygiene according to Miss Grace Abbott chief of the bureau Considered J in terms of or living babies she says the lowered birth rate means that infants lived U through their first year who would have died had hod the 1921 birth rate prevailed The maternal death rate long stationary stationary stationary station station- ary has at last begun to show Indications in indications in In- of a downward trend Many agencies ag particularly state departments of ot health have contributed contributed con con- to this achievement The childrens children's bureau has bas great satisfaction satisfaction satis- satis faction in in the part it has pla played ed edIn in the saving sayIng of maternal and In Infant Infant infant In- In fant life I IAn An Important achievement was was wast r t the laying of the cornerstone for r r the new auditorium In Washington for the D. D A. A R n. Under Un Un- der the leadership of Mrs Irs Alfred J. J Brosseau it took the membershIp membership membership member- member V ship less les than three years to raise the required mone money ENTER ADVENTURE In the field of 01 adventure and t discovery r women have accomplished much Mrs Harriet Adams presIdent presIdent presIdent pres- pres Ident of the the International Society of ot Women omen Geographers completed j. j her world trail over which she had followed the path of every great conquistador of Spain and Portugal gal goal Much valuable information was obtained and will be put In I book form Mrs Zella Zelia Nuttall another another an- an other member of the society revived re- re rIved the beautiful Sun Festival Festl in 4 Mexico which had lapsed for tor four centuries |